inquiétude
/ɛ̃.kje.tyd/
The verdict
“inquiétude” is uncommon Portuguese (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency Portuguese
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - inquietude, ansiedade, agitação:
Corpus desk
Index PT-inquietude · inquiétude · Portuguese
inquiétude · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | inquiétude |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɛ̃.kje.tyd/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “inquiétude” em português
Rare enough to double-check
inquiétude is uncommon Portuguese outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /ɛ̃.kje.tyd/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "inquietude, ansiedade, agitação:".
No generated misspelling entries exist for inquiétude in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable Portuguese rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is inquiétude, spelled I-N-Q-U-I-É-T-U-D-E.
Definition
- 1inquietude, ansiedade, agitação:
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how inquiétude appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jeune Jean était d'ailleurs une source d'inquiétude intarissable pour ses parents.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.